Cocoa+3+Stickies

=Stickies=


 * Please enter each** **Post IT note, according to the topic and number of dots.**


 * Ex:** **Organizational Change Policies: 19 dots** **and then list each stickie comment.**


 * These comments** **are proactive solutions to overcoming a barrier or restraint that informs your role as a coach in the reculturing schools around 21st Century change.**

PD for PBL Show benefits of doing PBL vs drawbacks of not doing it Change culture, projects & tech aren't one more thing but can be integrated with standards/anchors Online training (ie: Elluminate) Include real teaching moments in teacher prep programs Training for school board Convert teacher thinking by working together Include administrators in discussions of using tecnology & PBL-stress importance of PD based on these Take already earmarked inservice time and focus on PBL Provide teachers with visual examples of PBL (like in Dayna's presentation) Use our 1/2 hr. staff time once a week to do "mini sessions" with my teachers Release or comp time for PD Provide subs for in-house training training/study--groups & collaboration Other PD options to teacher to create PBL themes Meet with faculty before/after school Payed PD time, that produces a product Show teachers how PBL can cover content and increase student engagement and acheivement Incentives Have instructional coaches get PD on PBL Locate good resources & provide a means for staff to share more easily Show (model) that PBL can be used to prepare for PSSA Provide resources on PBL Outline the PBL - learning for the teacher to make it easier More PD, time to get to classrooms, time with teachers
 * PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: 30**

Add PBL in the curriculum Summer institutes, pay teachers to learn to implement Give coaches time to coach More of "me" clones?? Seriously, more instructional and technology coaches PD, present but support for each step Incorporate time into inservice days for 21st C PBL Give teachers time to develop projects Build in common planning time, more than 40 min. period every so often Allow more time for teacher planning and pre for PBL Blackboard style trainings that are self directed (issue of time) Technology blog to intro new WEb 2.0 tools on teachers own time? Offer to meet with teacher/team to be a resource in creating PBL CFF coach time to work/encourage PBL
 * TIME: 34 dots**

Purchase the quipment needed Get admin buy in Get school board buy in Find ways around equipment/money issues hire full time coach-$ from PDE (through IU's??) Continued commitment from PDE and districts to fund coaches full time Provide a full time coach Support from PDE, mandates and funding to back requirements Working ample technology would make this seem like an achievable task
 * MONEY: 22 dots**

Beging PBL at elementary level Remember inter-disciplinary units Make sure goals are the same and accurate (need for monitoring) head teacher? Continutity start at 9th grade and continue through 12th Curriculum restructuring -more theme based PBL curriculum acroos all grade levels
 * RESTRUCTURE CURRICULA: 8 dots**

Competetion breeds thinking just like our mission-that is a project Really push the public presentation piece to show our communities what our kids can learn and do with enough support Celebrare successes in classroom practices Admins & coaches empower teachers to share/collaborate/lead in the transformation of teaching & learning (identify opportunites to share, etc.) Develop a leadership team to enhance teacher buy-in
 * CULTURE: 1 dot**

Bring it down from PDE-Super-Principals-Teachers PDE or IU trainins for principals on new strategies like PBL or Web 2.0 Administrator training in PBL Incorporate project based learning component into evaluations of teachers Admin training and cooperation with union on issues with networking PDE should talk to PDE meaning CFF and anchors and PSSA should align Involve admin to help promote effective implementation processes Like a good bra...support from the top down is needed Encourage admin to realize that students don't experience life in content specific blocks so we should not teach them that way Training for admin on the need for 21st C Literacies Sell how the contenet is there, it's just different. New + Fun = Memorable Make PBL something people what to do rather than something they have to do. Get amdin on board with PBL Have admin support for district
 * ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT: 19 dots**

A tech wiki where we can share ideas that have worked A discussion board where teachers can ask questions kind of like an in house listserv Schedule-creating teacher schedule to provide opportunities for collaboration All enfranchised parties meet often & regularly with accountability Online resources (wikis, chat, blogs, Google apps, etc.) Support-provide common support time for teachers to utilize coach
 * SUPPORT: 12 dots**

Change high states tests Have politicians sold on PBL Reward system for schools to use PBL Create projects that involve multiple standards to prepare for PSSA/Keystones Provide district leaders (curriculum director, principals, etc.) with good examples of PBL projects successful elsewhere. EDUCATE
 * CHANGE FOCUS FROM PSSA & HST: 10 dots**

Invite teachers to the library and take a more active approach to planning the lessons using technolgy Find one teacher who would want to try something new and get started Plan with admin for projects they need to beat, department/structure meetings Team planning time More time collaborate Provide release time for departments/collaborators Establish a network for teachers to collaborate Collaboration between teachers as well as support Place to collaborate on good projects and link to standards/anchors Combine classes to allow coach to work with more teachers Use project base learning as culminating idea (themed unit) requires buy-in and grade collaboration Rather than so many wikis state wide, create a clearing house for exemplars Onle location state wide for sharing walk throughs and other step by steps Common plan time for collaboration with expected products Connect with some teachers who are successful elsewhere to see how they got started
 * COLLABORATION: 19 dots**


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